It’s also more efficient since you’re not separated by a trophic level from the producers of calories. You can live off of surprisingly little land if you plant the right veggies, jerusalem artichokes for example.

Washing and cooking? AFAIK RFK’s worm infection comes from consuming pork. The eggs are actually able to withstand considerable heating. Animals are still breathing incubators and zoonoses are much more of a concern than other routes of transmission. Ask any biologist.

Animals have nastier pathogens for us humans.

The thing is though that meat is much more of a gamble than consuming plants or fungi. Animals are similar to humans, therefore you get well adapted pathogens in meat processing. It can’t be said that it affects everyone equally, vegans and the rich who can afford privately tested food will come out on top.

You’ll see private entities providing testing for a good price. The “safe” stuff will be affordable for the richest 10%. Fuck the rest, I guess?

People used to think I was crazy when I stopped eating meat. Basically vegan now and I’ve been completely vindicated.

Loomer reported him. The American right is purifying itself.

I am for this. After the revolution we will turn Japan, Sweden and Germany into penal colonies where these people can live in capitalism for eternity once we get a hang of the immortality thing.